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Hollywood actor is king of the castle in Bath
Last updated at 13:23pm on 29.07.07Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage has paid £5m for a castle in Bath built in the shape of the ace of clubs.
It is his third castle in a list of 14 properties around the world altogether estimated to be worth £33m. They include a Bavarian schloss purchased last year for £1.2m.
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Midford Castle is three miles south of Bath where the actor already has a townhouse in the Circus
One of the reception rooms inside the restored castle
Midford Castle, is a Grade I listed building three miles south of Bath. It was built in 1775 by Henry Disney Rosebuck and is built on a plinth, has battlements, an arched gateway, gatehouse and towers as well as three reception rooms and seven bedrooms.
The property was restored - and modernised inside - by Michael and Isabel Briggs after the couple bought it in 1961 for just £15,000.
It is set in in 35 acres of parkland and 11 acres of woodland and also has two cottages, an orangery, priory and the ruins of a chapel.
The Oscar-winning actor already has a Georgian townhouse in the Circus in Bath.
Nicholas Cage and wife Alice Kim, the king and queen of Midford Castle
